As much as we had fun watching over the last few years, this season really went into the crapper IMO. There a FEW fun moments scattered around, but overall I don't see how in the world they can gain any new viewers at this point. They have really gone off the deep end at this point. I think they just need to call it good and let it end as is. Any more dragging things out would be pretty pointless.

Not cancelling the show seems like a very "Un-NBC" thing to do. Another network (probably a streaming one) would have picked this show up and NBC would have felt the backlash. NBC makes mostly terrible decisions so it surprises me to see they made a good one.

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A passing grade? Like a C? Why don't I just get pregnant at a bus station!

Sony has a history of giving sweetheart deals to the networks to keep shows on the air long after everyone has assumed the shows were cancelled (Til Death, on Fox a few years ago is a good example; Rules of Engagement on CBS is another).

Community is currently at 84 episodes, so the 13 episode renewal will put it at 97, within spitting distance of the "magic" 100 episode mark that apparently makes it easier for Sony to package in syndication and internationally (Rules of Engagement's 100th and final episode airs on Monday, after 7 seasons).

The Community renewal was part of a multi-show pick-up from NBC with three new shows too, so it's probable that Sony gave NBC a deal they couldn't refuse.

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Not cancelling the show seems like a very "Un-NBC" thing to do. Another network (probably a streaming one) would have picked this show up and NBC would have felt the backlash. NBC makes mostly terrible decisions so it surprises me to see they made a good one.

I usually argue about shows running their course but this one is spent. And it not just a new show runner. The premise is done. The season finale should've been series finale.

Deadline floats report Dan Harmon may return to Community because it wants hits, and so do we

Knowing that Community fans are a hopeful people and knowing that the Internet runs on clickbait and knowing that everybody and their dog would link to a poorly sourced report if it contained something everybody and their dog would like to happen, Deadline put up a report a few hours ago saying that Dan Harmon “might” return to Community, the site had “heard.” Now, it’s entirely possible that the “headlines that can easily be answered with ‘almost certainly not’” competition deadline was today, and we just missed it, but we’re betting this is actually an attempt to get you to read about a thing that probably won’t happen because you want it to happen.

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